This was a great poetry book. I always absolutely enjoy her work and I can't wait to read more in the near future. I highly recommend it.

Rupi Kaur vibes all the way. I liked the messages but there was no food for my soul which is what I want from a poetry collection or a poem that made me stop in my tracks so that I could examine the stylistic choices as a poet myself. The vulnerability in the poems was great but the content was cliché and the prose-poetry mishmash while worked nicely for some pieces, in general could use a lot of revision. "What Other Women Might Say" was probably my favourite poem from this collection!

I got this book from NetGallery because I wanted to try different forms of writing. I wasn't sure what to expect but while reading this particular book, I felt nice. It's wonderfully done and I think I would gift this book to a friend of mine.

This book combines prose and poetry as the author opens up in a way that should feel immediate and personal, but there was something lacking and ultimately I was unable to connect with the speaker / narrator.

I loved the author’s openness and raw, authentic voice. I also liked how the author experimented and mixed the styles through between poetry and prose. The structure of the pieces was creative.

The majority of the pieces themselves weren’t for me. There were some I really liked, a few times where plays on language made me smile at the author’s wit, and one specifically stood out as a great spoken word piece (which I love). For the most part, though, I’m not a huge fan of the freeform, stream of consciousness style. I prefer a bit more precision and purpose of language and literary elements in poetry.

Overall, though, it was a pleasurable and quick read.

There were some parts of this book that I liked, but overall I thought it was repetitive and a little whiny. In addition, the writing wasn't particularly lyrical or beautiful. Good poetry should make you feel what the author feels but I mostly felt annoyed.

A Psalm for Us is a collection of poems that will capture the attention or much likely is suitable for those who are currently in pain. The prose and poems in this anthology is more like of a healing affirmations that will help them cope up with what they are going through. I'm not the target of this poetry book, but I reckon this could be a great help to comfort and motivate those who are in the blue.

A Psalm For Us was my second attempt reading poetry in a row. My first was The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace, and it was a quick, powerful read. I’ve always been fascinated by poetry but I’ve rarely tried it, which is why I wanted to branch out.

I didn’t dislike this, just like I didn’t dislike TWDBITO. It just wasn’t something I was in the mindset to read right now.

This had some heavy elements to it, content ranging from depression to love and then to heartbreak again, all things I’ve experienced and can connect with. I think this would have made a world of difference to me if I had read it a year or two ago when I was struggling and hurting. There’s something about reading about other’s pain that can be healing in itself, if that’s not weird to say. A Psalm For Us was poignant and beautiful but not at all what I needed to read right now.

Don’t let that pastel, cutesy cover fool you; if you open this book, you’ll face some rough seas. However, I think all in all, it was also a rewarding read, and anyone who has experienced hurt in any form could relate to this collection of poetry.

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a very deep and tender book of poetry and other thoughts. I felt like I knew what the author was thinking and feeling when she wrote some of these. It was a very good collection.